Finish Line in Sight

Having refueled our automobiles in the morning from the supplies of Chukotkommunkhoza in Uelkal, we set out on the final stage of expedition. It was only 180 km to Anadyr. These were the hardest kilometers yet…

The vehicles finally began to object to being pushed to their technical limits. About 100 km from Anadyr, the bolts holding on one set of caterpillar tracks tore away and the tracks fell off. The car was a depressing sight. After a short conference, we resolved to take one bolt from each of the other tracks and reattach it.

We finished the work at night, at which point we were met by another unfortunate incident. The locks somehow closed on one vehicle with the engine still running, but we eventually managed to get the door open. Fortunately, there were no further incidents as we got back underway in our race towards the finish line.